NEC launches new software supporting “chemSHERPA,” a scheme for sharing information on chemical substances in products

Tokyo, Japan – June 16, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today
announced the launch of a new “ProChemist/BM” chemical substance management
solution and “Obbligato III” product lifecycle management (PLM) software
supporting “chemSHERPA,” a scheme that facilitates inter-company sharing of
information on chemical substances in products (CiP).

chemSHERPA was developed under the leadership of the Japanese Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Industry as a common scheme for handling information
across a supply chain, and is scheduled to enter full-scale operation starting
in the 2016 fiscal year. Applicable to various products and industries,
chemSHERPA allows organizations to handle CiP information under a shared
policy.

The new ProChemist/BM and Obbligato III allow enterprises to manage and
utilize “compliance assessment information” concerning the inclusion or
non-inclusion of particular chemical substances and “composition information”
concerning the types and amounts of chemical substances, both of which are
required for reporting with the chemSHERPA scheme.

In addition, the new software is able to convert the format of existing
data into the chemSHERPA format, or to use the conventional formats and
chemSHERPA format at the same time, achieving efficient response to surveys on
CiP information by regulators.

“Previously, enterprises had to deal with many different schemes in
order to share CiP information. We believe compatibility with chemSHERPA, which
can be used as a common scheme for handling information across a supply chain,
will be a key differentiator for the new ProChemist/BM and Obbligato III,” said
Toshikazu Fukuoka, General Manager, Manufacturing and Process Industries
Systems Development Division, NEC Corporation.

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